Is there a way to mark tasks that are underway

I often want to mark high priority tasks that are underway. Say it is up to someone else to take the next step... I want to keep it on my list to monitor it, but isn't the focus of current things I should do next. I often have almost as many of these as things I should do next myself.

Here again is something I got used to using Outlook...it makes the type lighter for underway tasks.